You Are Not Alone.

Going into high school, I carried with me great amounts of hatred. It all happened when we moved to Canada. In a span of a couple of days, everything I have worked for just vanished. I felt betrayed and alone. This caused me to lose trust in people, so I built a wall around me and isolated myself.

I saw everything as black and white as if all the joy has been sucked out of me. On my first day in class, I had an overwhelming sense of pride and arrogance. “I should be able to get through this alone, don’t rely on anyone”. I had this mindset until August 18, 2017, the first Friday I ever attended Fusion Church.

When I was invited to church, I was hesitant of coming but my parents insisted so I decided to just go along with it. At the time, I didn’t know that it would be the most life changing event of my life. I began attending every Friday and I slowly changed for the better.

However, something was still holding me back, I was still burdened by the “loner” mindset. I still relied heavily on myself, so I barely interacted with anyone in the Church. Pride and arrogance caused me to stumble many times in my walk with God.

A year later I heard something about an upcoming camp and thought to myself “something needs to change; it can’t be like this forever”. Registering for the camp and actually going through it was the biggest hurdle I had to overcome, and it was all worth it.

In this camp, God AWAKENED me from my slumber and I began to see this world in color. The chains and the wall I built all fell that camp.

Shortly after, I joined a discipleship group and it’s all uphill from there. Being surrounded by people I can trust became a big help in my walk with God. We were accountable of each other and that made it a billion times easier to overcome trials and temptations.

There’s also the fact that I had God with me, someone who I can rely on whenever I needed it.

I wasn’t alone anymore.

From time to time I still tried to do things my way and I was immediately humbled every time. In times where I have to get out of my comfort zone, God would find a way to remind me that I am not alone. If it is for His will then God will take care of it.